Thursday, April 07, 2011

This view is a super-resolution view of some the area behind Viking lander 1. It uses images taken between 1976 and 1978. A large pile of rocks can be seen, as well as a small crater on the horizon. I did this work in 2004. One of my goals is to rework some of these images again. At the time, I stacked the images in an 8-bit format. By using a 16-bit format, I can minimize data loss as the image goes from through various stages of processing (given the size of the images and the limited memory/speed of the computer I was using at the time, working with 16-bit data was prohibitive).

The second image is a vertically stretched version of the above image. The stretching makes recognition of the crater rim easier.

About Me

I am a philosophy professor at Roane State Community College in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Planetary exploration has always been an interest of mine. You can follow me on twitter @tedstryk for the latest updates on my work.
Please note that since the processed images are copyrighted, they should not be reused without permission. If you are interested in using any of my work, please contact me at strykt(at)roanestate.edu or tedstryk(at)gmail.com (I avoided @ to make the addresses harder for spam bots to pick up).